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1 overwhelm
overwhelm [‚əʊvəˈwelm]a. [emotions, misfortunes] accabler ; [shame, praise, kindness] rendre confusb. [earth, lava, avalanche] ensevelir ; [+ one's enemy, opponent] écraser* * *[ˌəʊvə'welm], US [-hwelm] 1.transitive verb1) lit [wave, avalanche] submerger; [enemy] écraser2) fig [shame] accabler; [grandeur] impressionner2.overwhelmed past participle adjective (with letters, offers, phone calls, kindness) submergé (with, by de); (with shame, unhappiness, work) accablé (with, by de); (by sight, experience) ébloui (by par)to be quite overwhelmed — ( with emotion) être très ému
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2 overwhelm
overwhelm [‚əʊvə'welm]∎ overwhelmed with grief accablé de chagrin;∎ grief overwhelmed us le chagrin nous a terrassés;∎ your generosity overwhelms me votre générosité me bouleverse ou me va droit au cœur∎ our switchboard has been overwhelmed by the number of calls notre standard a été submergé par les appels;∎ I'm completely overwhelmed with work je suis débordé de travail∎ the England team was finally overwhelmed l'équipe d'Angleterre a finalement été écrasée;∎ we fought back but our attackers overwhelmed us nous nous sommes débattus mais nos agresseurs ont eu le dessus -
3 overwhelm
[əuvə'welm](to defeat or overcome: He was overwhelmed with work/grief.) écraser -
4 snowed under
(overwhelmed eg with a great deal of work: Last week I was absolutely snowed under with work.) débordé (de) -
5 overwhelm
overwhelm, US [transcription][-hwelm]A vtr2 fig [emotion, letters, offers, phone calls] submerger ; [feeling] envahir ; [shame, unhappiness, work] accabler ; [favours, kindness] combler ; the performance overwhelmed me la représentation m'a ébloui.B overwhelmed pp adj (with letters, offers, phone calls, kindness) submergé (with, by de) ; (with shame, unhappiness, work) accablé (with, by de) ; (by sight, experience) ébloui (by par).
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